	<div class="blog_post">
		<h3><a href="<?php echo $vars['entity']->getURL(); ?>"><?php echo $vars['entity']->title; ?></a></h3>
		<!-- display the user icon -->
		<div class="blog_post_icon">
		    <?php
		        echo elgg_view("profile/icon",array('entity' => $vars['entity']->getOwnerEntity(), 'size' => 'small'));
			?>
	    </div>
			<p class="strapline">
				<?php
	                
					echo sprintf(elgg_echo("blog:strapline"),
									date("j F Y",$vars['entity']->time_created)
					);
				
				?>
				<br />
				<?php echo elgg_echo('by'); ?> <a href="<?php echo $vars['url']; ?>pg/blog/<?php echo $vars['entity']->getOwnerEntity()->username; ?>"><?php echo $vars['entity']->getOwnerEntity()->name; ?></a> &nbsp; 
			</p>
			<div class="clearfloat sep"></div>
			<div class="blog_post_body">

			<!-- display the actual blog post -->
				<?php
			
					echo truncate($vars['entity']->description, 200, '...', false, true);
				
				?>
			</div>
			<div class="clearfloat"></div>			
			<!-- display edit options if it is the blog post owner -->
			<div class="uvsq_comment"></div>
			<p class="options">
			<!-- display the comments link -->
				<?php
			        //get the number of comments
			    	$num_comments = elgg_count_comments($vars['entity']);
			    ?>
			    <a href="<?php echo $vars['entity']->getURL(); ?>"><?php echo sprintf(elgg_echo("comments")) . " (" . $num_comments . ")"; ?></a><br />
			</p>
			<div class="clearfloat"></div>
		</div>
		
